The Ontario Biodiversity Science Forum Workshop was held on 4 May 2009 at the University of Toronto. It engaged the broader biodiversity community in the Science Forum’s activities and allowed this community to honestly analyze and give feed back on achieving the goals set out by Ontario’s Biodiversity Strategy (PDF 1980KB) (2005). It provided a better understanding of the linkages between science and policy, and was a place for participants to comment on white papers that Science Forum members have written. Eighty-five people attended the workshop, coming from industry, academia, government (federal and provincial), ENGOs, museums, and more.

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The Ontario Biodiversity Science Forum was created to help improve our knowledge and understanding of the province’s biodiversity, one of challenges identified in Ontario’s 2005 Biodiversity Strategy. It aims to focus the biodiversity science agenda and foster science partnerships by identifying knowledge gaps and recommending science priorities.